Dear Students, Teachers and Friends,

The next belt testing is scheduled for March 6th. The north school
testing will begin at 9:00 am. The Bijou school's testing will begin
at 11:00. For all students that are eligible to test for black belt
or any degrees of black belt we are having the pretest at noon at
the Bijou school. Black belt training will follow. (Approximately
from 12:30-3:00)

A couple of more up coming events to put on your calendar is the
Pikes Peak Tournament to be held here in Colorado Springs (Coronado
High School) on March 13th and our black belt testing and the elite
training camp is scheduled to be held on April 16th, 17th and
18th . We have a great group of master instructors lined up for
training and many of our senior black belts from around the country
are flying in. If you are coming in from out of town, most of the
event will be held at the event hotel – the Radisson Inn. To get
free breakfast and the $69 a night rate call (719) 598-5770 and tell
them you are with the American Black Belt Academy event. School
owners please get a late flight out on Sunday if you want to attend
the management training event. For more info on the schedule go to
www.americanblackbeltacademy.com and look under up coming special
events.


Quotes of the Week

"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence
moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would
never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events
issues from the decision, raising one's favor all manner of
unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamed would have come his way."
- Goethe
-
ABRAHAM LINCOLN:
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more
important than any other one thing.
CONFUCIUS:
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in
order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in
order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our
personal life; we must first set our hearts right.


Lesson of the Week

The Law of Attraction

Have you ever had one of those days where it seems you can't do
anything right? It seems something goes wrong and then as the day
progresses it tends to get worse and worse. These days do indeed
happen and its cause lies in a simple law called the Law of
Attraction. The good news is that the opposite is true as well. We
can orchestrate a day that seems to just get better and better as
the day goes on.
If you have ever bought a new car it seems when you start driving
around everywhere you look you see the same type and color of car.
This is simply because what is fresh in your subconscious mind is
triggered as important and you become acutely aware of anything
relating to that idea. This is why we teach our students to always
focus on the positive elements of their goals and to never focus on
the potentiality of failure. In the words of Apollo 13 ring
clearly, "Failure is not an option."
The true fact of what we think about most of the time and believe to
be true will become a reality in ones life. The mere act of
bringing positive thoughts into our lives through good books, tapes,
movies and our personal relationships with others, goes a long way
in helping us reach any and all our goals that we truly believe we
deserve.
From a behavior point of view, people are not impressed by what
someone says, only by what they do. That is why if you maintain a
positive, success oriented and friendly attitude; people with
similar qualities will be attracted to you and want to hang around
you. The way you treat yourself and others with respect and a
positive attitude indeed attracts those things around you to help
you become successful in life. This law of attraction is one of
those secrets to black belt excellence.

Respectfully,
Terry Bryan